Former Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained communications from The Federalist, along with more than a dozen other media outlets, during his anti-Trump lawfare, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed Tuesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
The Federalist was among more than a dozen media organizations whose communications appeared in records that the National Archives turned over after Smith’s office subpoenaed text messages from 87 phones used by officials in Trump’s first term. Smith’s witch hunt, known as “Arctic Frost,” was an unconstitutional effort to get Trump that resulted in Smith’s team spying on members of Congress and apparently members of the media.
The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland explained that Arctic Frost was designed to “target Republicans in key battleground states.” During this sham investigation, Smith also secretly obtained the phone records of several sitting senators.
As part of those spying efforts, Smith also “targeted hundreds of Republican groups and individuals” and “subpoenaed communications those folks had with the media and legislative branch,” Grassley said on Tuesday.
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